The Montreal Impact traded midfielder Harry Shipp to the Major League Soccer champion Seattle Sounders for general allocation money on Thursday. Shipp had two goals and three assists in 27 games, including 20 starts, this season. He also got into two playoff games as a late substitute. The 25-year-old was acquired from his hometown Chicago […]
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Hope Solo says she was fired by the U.S. women’s national soccer team, and not because she called the Swedish team cowards. The veteran goalkeeper believes U.S. Soccer wanted her off the collective bargaining agreement negotiations with the national team players. “Let’s call it what is, which is a firing,” she said. “It was a […]
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The year 2016 was … not the best. Maybe that’s being kind. It’s hard to remember a year when we lost so many people we cared about, and worried so much that the world might be losing its damn mind. But if you could keep moving through the rough, there were plenty of diamonds to […]
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To say the Tampa Bay Lightning’s plan for Jonathan Drouin has not gone according to script is an understatement. In fact, there are many who are shocked the 21-year-old left winger is still a member of Lightning, given his tumultuous relationship with management. Had things worked out, the third-overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft […]
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Jaromir Jagr isn’t even thinking about retiring. Jagr had three assists to pull into a tie for second place on the NHL’s career points list, Aleksander Barkov and Vincent Trocheck scored in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Tuesday night. Jagr pulled even with Mark Messier with 1,887 points, […]
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Bob Moir, an executive producer and commentator who spent four decades with CBC Sports, died on Sunday at the age of 87. The Winnipeg native was the executive producer of CBC Sports’ coverage of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as well as the Winter Games in Seoul in 1988 and Albertville, France in 1992. Moir began […]
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Randy Carlyle wasn’t exactly sentimental after winning his first game back in Toronto. “I think a lot of people have made a bigger deal out of it [than I have],” Carlyle said. “From a personal standpoint, yeah it’s nice, but the bottom line is our hockey club needed the win more than I needed the […]
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Centre Dylan Strome has been selected as Canada’s captain for the upcoming world junior hockey championships in Montreal and Toronto. Hockey Canada also announced that centre Mathew Barzal and defenceman Thomas Chabot will serve as alternate captains. Dylan Strome (C), Mathew Barzal (A) and Thomas Chabot (A) to captain Canada at the #WorldJuniors. https://t.co/VnSt7nmUkt pic.twitter.com/oUAR2G1J6F […]
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After Atlanta’s offence exploded on them two nights earlier, the Toronto Raptors faced a similar situation in the first quarter Sunday night — they were leaving Orlando players open, and the inferior Magic were knocking down shots. Only this time, Toronto turned things around. It got back to its defensive principles in the second quarter, […]
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Christine Sinclair remembers dark times for Canada at the beginning of her international soccer career — routs at the hands of the powerful Americans and lopsided losses to European giants. Now she’s the heart of a Canadian team that wins Olympic medals and is emerging as a threat to claim the No. 1 world ranking. […]
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Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced plans Thursday for the league’s expansion to 28 teams, including a deadline for owners to apply and a new franchise fee. The fee for the two teams expected to be granted in 2017 is jumping to $ 150 million. Garber also set a Jan. 31, 2017, deadline for […]
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Max Parrot of Bromont, Que., finished 2016 the way he wanted. Parrot and Canadian teammate Sebastien Toutant finished 1-2 on Saturday in the World Cup big air snowboard event at Copper Mountain. Parrot captured his first gold medal of the season with 188.75 points. Toutant, of Montreal, took second with 176 points. Parrot started the […]
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Forward Jozy Altidore has won the U.S. player of the year award for the second time. Altidore, who plays for Toronto in Major League Soccer, received 52 first-place votes and 223 points in voting by 136 media conducted by Futbol de Primera that was announced Thursday. Altidore was instrumental in Toronto’s run to the MLS […]
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Canada isn’t getting too far ahead of themselves despite two straight shutout wins in pre-tournament play at the world junior hockey championship. Anthony Cirelli struck twice and Tyson Jost added a goal and an assist Wednesday night as Canada defeated the Czech Republic 5-0. “I don’t think we overlooked those teams. They’re still good teams […]
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Finland turned heads at last year’s world junior hockey championship when it eliminated Canada in the quarter-finals and dominated the scoring race as future NHLers Jesse Puljujarvi, Sebastian Aho and Patrik Laine finished 1-2-3 in leading the tournament hosts to their second gold medal in three years. Mitch Marner was the top Canadian scorer with […]
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Thomas Chabot is hopeful this visit to Canadian Tire Centre will go much better than his last one. The 19-year-old will get a chance to impress the Ottawa Senators, his future employers, when Canada faces the Czech Republic on Wednesday night in an exhibition game in advance of the upcoming world junior hockey championship. Chabot […]
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With Canada set to play in the semifinals of the 1997 world junior tournament in Geneva, coach Mike Babcock gave his checking line the assignment of their young careers. Alyn McCauley, Boyd Devereaux and Brad Larsen were asked to shut down Russia’s prolific top line, led by Alexei Morozov. Meanwhile, all goalie Marc Denis had […]
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Almost two years after he was fired by the Maple Leafs, Randy Carlyle has reached at least one conclusion about what went wrong during his 188-game tenure as Toronto’s head coach. “You’re here to win the war,” Carlyle said. “You’re not here to win every little battle.” Now the born-again head coach of the Anaheim […]
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Canadians Catrine Lavallée, Travis Gerrits, and Lewis Irving came away with silver in the aerials team event at the freestyle skiing World Cup stop in Beida Lake, China, on Sunday. Russia finished at the top of the podium with 255.81 points, Canada was next with 243.94, and Australia took bronze with a score of 228.85. Job well done […]
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Charles Hamelin won gold and the Canadian team added four medals to its tally on the final day of the World Cup stage in Gangneung, South Korea – a test event for the 2018 Olympics. This follows a five-medal performance for Canadian competitors on Saturday. Hamelin was joined on the podium for the second 1000-metre race […]
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Confidence was still running high moments after the Maple Leafs sealed an overtime victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions. “We played about as good as we could tonight,” said defenceman Jake Gardiner, who scored the winner in Toronto’s 2-1 triumph over the Pittsburgh Penguins. “But it also shows we can play with anybody.” The […]
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Atiba Hutchinson now has bragging rights over former teammate Dwayne De Rosario. The 33-year-old midfielder was named Canada Soccer’s top male player Friday for the third straight year and record fifth time, surpassing De Rosario, a four-time winner. Hutchinson also won in 2010 and 2012 and ties De Rosario (2005-07) with three consecutive titles. ”For me […]
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